Button in the wet :up:

Anyone watch the Button's onboard while it was raining. He was consistently setting fast laps until the track started drying out. He was blisteringly quick especially through S1. Button just might have another Hungary 2006 on his hands.

That onboard lap of Buttons in the rain just went to show how frightening Monaco in the wet is. What a FAB few we got from on-board camera….wow.
He was the only driver in the 1.30s for quite a few laps.
If it rains like that during Quali – Button should get a good grid position for the race

DC? I think he is pretty average wet driver. Didn't saw his laptimes though in this session.

Then what the f are you talking about then? DC was quick in this session. Fisi was nowhere, in case you were wondering.

DC was good because he did a really long stint, he missed most early running, and did maybe the longest stint out of anyone in the wet conditions. His early laps were very competitive and his final laps at the end of the stint were also very competitive.

It's not at all meaningless. Especially when there's a decent chance of the same conditions again in qualifying.
Last year, that wasn't the case, and in addition, Spyker I seem to recall, made a 100% effort (full wet set-up and low fuel) to be top of the times.

Originally posted by race addicted .....he wasn't quick in the race today though. He's usually one to watch in the wet on all types of tires. Espcially in the damp on dry tires, he was a let-down I think.

I beg to differ. He was doing top 5 lap times behind Fisi and Glock, but obviously they didn't count for much seeing as he was at the back.

Originally posted by TickTickBooom I beg to differ. He was doing top 5 lap times behind Fisi and Glock, but obviously they didn't count for much seeing as he was at the back.

Meh.

OK. I payed attention to his pace though, and after his first stop I wrote in the live chat that people should now keep an eye on his speed. But it wasn't all that I think.It was my impression that it was just "OK" while on inters, and actually dissapointing while on dry's. Maybe you kept a keener eye on just him though. I may be wrong about this.

Originally posted by metz Button took out Heidfeld during the last wet race in Japan.He did it again today.... I'd say JB is the shits in the wet....

Heidfeld is a slow clumsy fool. Alonso tried to over take him a lap before on the inside and Nick closed the door very late and was just being a hazzard out there. When your that slow in that situation you should drive a little fairer because it just results in what happened one lap later. He did give Button any room either he just drove like no one was around him.

OK. I payed attention to his pace though, and after his first stop I wrote in the live chat that people should now keep an eye on his speed. But it wasn't all that I think.It was my impression that it was just "OK" while on inters, and actually dissapointing while on dry's. Maybe you kept a keener eye on just him though. I may be wrong about this.

I KNEW you weren't reading my comments in live chat!

I was watching his times and his times exclusively, so yes, I knew what kind of pace he was doing. Because I expected him to be horribly slow on dry's, I was semi-impressed with those times, too. At one point he took 3 seconds out of Glock in one lap. I was proud.

Heidfeld is a slow clumsy fool. Alonso tried to over take him a lap before on the inside and Nick closed the door very late and was just being a hazzard out there. When your that slow in that situation you should drive a little fairer because it just results in what happened one lap later. He did give Button any room either he just drove like no one was around him.

that was alonso's fault, nobody gets away with overtaking at loews, it's stupid, there's one exit line. The only place you can overtake, except on the straights, is the chicane, there's run off for people to run home scared. There's also no reason to let people pass if it's for postion. It's their job to get around you, if there's a mechanical problem that means you're a hazard, you'll get the black and orange flag.

that was alonso's fault, nobody gets away with overtaking at loews, it's stupid, there's one exit line. The only place you can overtake, except on the straights, is the chicane, there's run off for people to run home scared. There's also no reason to let people pass if it's for postion. It's their job to get around you, if there's a mechanical problem that means you're a hazard, you'll get the black and orange flag.

There was a little overtaking at Mirabeau, but with Heidfeld blocking like a crazy there, Alonso wasn't coming through. If you block, the least you can expect is for the faster guy behind to run in the back of you IMO.

Way as I see it, Button tried to overtake 1 car too many on the first lap. This did enough damage to compromise his whole race after that. At one point his pace was very good on inters but it was really hard to tell because he was being held up by Glock for much of the first stint of the race. I did notice when he dropped back a few seconds whilst allowing the leaders to pass, his pace shortly after was much much faster. Having said that only a few drivers didn't make any mistakes at all today and two world champs made worse ones than him.

Bad race by JB. He's had some disappointing wet races of late. On the first lap he was very quick, but then Heidfeld was just S-L-O-W. Jenson got caught out, misjudged the speed. His bargeboard was damaged too. RB drove a great race. I think JB's having too many incidents this year.